03-20-2014, 10:06 AM
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#129 (permalink)
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cooler commie than elph
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: In a hole, help
Posts: 2,811
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Chunks of metal: death metal
Artist: Amon Amarth
Album: Twilight of the Thunder God
Year: 2008
Chronological position: Seventh album
Genre: Melodic death metal
Expectations before listening: Commercialized, watered-down death metal
This was chosen by one of the others in the album club, who just joined earlier this week. He's really digging Amon Amarth. Prior to this, I had heard... one song of theirs, I think? I didn't take much note of it, thus I didn't really know what to expect before listening. Therefore, I just assumed that this would sound much more commercialized and kind of like, say, In Flames. I must say, I was positively surprised. It's very melodic, but it doesn't sound as if it was written for radio, and the growls are tolerable. Still, I think it gets a little too much of the same at times, but maybe that's just a weakness of the subgenre, what do I know. Decent album.
3.5/5
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